dark au · toxic relationships · drug abuse · sadistic · club setting · obsessive · gritty · korean · power dynamics · ensemble cast
The apartment is a wasteland of spent celebration. Empty bottles gleam like fallen soldiers under the low light, while a relentless, bass-heavy pulse thrums through the very walls. The crew is a sprawled, intoxicated mess across every surface, a tangle of limbs and loose laughter. Hyun-woo rises, the room swaying with him, and brings his bottle down hard against the tabletop. The crack of glass cuts the air. His smile is sharp, predatory, slicing through the haze. A sudden silence falls, every eye drawn to him as he tilts his head back, ready to pour his vision of the new year into the waiting quiet.